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It is a conflict of interest?
Democrat Katie Hobbs, the party’s candidate to be governor of Arizona, is holding a small lead in the race over Republican Kari Lake as the last few percentages of precincts are counted – a week after the fact of the election.
And as the state’s elections chief as secretary of state, she could be in the position to certify her own election.
Which has raised objections from Lake, who suggested Hobbs should recuse, because of the apparent conflict.
Fox News reported that Lake believes the situation is a «major ethical problem» and that, «Obviously, just the optics of it looks bad.»
Lake said, «We called for her to recuse herself July of last year of 2021, right after we got into the race, recognizing that there’s a major ethical problem there. Obviously, just the optics of it looks bad. And she didn’t do that.
«Even though many people been calling for her to recuse herself, it creates problems to say the least,» Lake continued.
Lake, who has raised repeatedly the issue of election security in the campaign, said, «She will be the one that would certify the election. She has a lot to do with registration, voter registration, all kinds of things … voter rolls and advising counties on how many ballots they’ll need.»
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Lake remained a few thousand votes behind on Monday as more ballot dumps were being reported by the state.
